"No One Will Do This For Us" The Linguistic and Cultural Practices of Young Activists Representing European Linguistic Minorities
This book presents a portrait of actively engaged young people representing four linguistic minorities in Europe: the Kashubs (in Poland), the Upper Sorbs (in Germany), the Bretons (in France), and the Welsh (in the United Kingdom). In numerous statements cited in the book, drawn from interviews con...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bern
Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group
2020
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| Series: | Sprach- und Kulturkontakte in Europas Mitte
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| Collection: | Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This book presents a portrait of actively engaged young people representing four linguistic minorities in Europe: the Kashubs (in Poland), the Upper Sorbs (in Germany), the Bretons (in France), and the Welsh (in the United Kingdom). In numerous statements cited in the book, drawn from interviews conducted by the author, young people speak for themselves and serve as guides to their minority cultures. They draw attention to the difficulties and challenges they encounter in their day-to-day life and activism. Based on their statements, the book examines the sociolinguistic situation of each of the minorities, the prevailing linguistic ideologies and the role of minority education; it also distinguishes different types of minority language speakers. The analysis focuses on the cultural and identity-forming practices of young people in the context of different forms of community life and their different pathways to becoming engaged representing their cultures and languages. |
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| Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (392 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9783631827871 9783631827857 9783631827864 b17208 9783631827758 |